A copper alloy Roman Provincial coin of Diadumenian (AD 217-8) , minted in Byzantium, Thrace. Obverse, cuirassed bust of emperor right with Greek inscription, ΔΙΑΔΟVΜΕΝΙΑΝΟC Κ, transliterated as DIADOUMENIANOS C. Reverse, a bunch of grapes hanging, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ surrounding. Ref. SNG Copenhagan Thrace cf. 517 (reverse for coin of Caracalla).
This coin is apparently unpublished in any major catalogue, but one piece was found in the Sacred Spring at Bath (Walker 1988, p. 320 and pl. XXXIX no. 8). Two other specimens are also recorded on the PAS Database - see KENT-FE0F67 (acquired by the British Museum: 2011,4172.1) and KENT-992786. It is a mystery why the only four known specimens of this provincial coin have British find-spots.
A copper alloy Roman Provincial coin of Diadumenian (AD 217-8) , minted in Byzantium, Thrace. Obverse, cuirassed bust of emperor right with Greek inscription, ΔΙΑΔΟVΜΕΝΙΑΝΟC Κ, transliterated as DIADOUMENIANOS C. Reverse, a bunch of grapes hanging, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ surrounding. Ref. SNG Copenhagan Thrace cf. 517 (reverse for coin of Caracalla).
This coin is apparently unpublished in any major catalogue, but one piece was found in the Sacred Spring at Bath (Walker 1988, p. 320 and pl. XXXIX no. 8). Two other specimens are also recorded on the PAS Database - see KENT-FE0F67 (acquired by the British Museum: 2011,4172.1) and KENT-992786. It is a mystery why the only four known specimens of this provincial coin have British find-spots.
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SUSS-B668C1
SUSS-B668C1
Copper alloy
6
0217
0218
20.86
6.5
Uncertain (copper alloy)
Denomination
6
20.86
Diameter
6.5
Weight
obverse
ΔΙΑΔΟVΜΕΝΙΑΝΟC Κ
reverse
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
South East
Excavated, discovered at, or find spot of object
GB
en-GB
The Trustees of the British Museum
The Trustees of the British Museum
1
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Attribute as courtesy of the British Museum
A thumbnail image of SUSS-B668C1
Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Complete
Byzantium
Cuirassed bust right
Cuirassed bust right
ΔΙΑΔΟVΜΕΝΙΑΝΟC Κ
Obverse of coin
Bunch of grapes hanging
Bunch of grapes hanging
Reverse
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Hambledon
Hambledon
50.930797
50.930797
-1.076439
-1.076439
Winchester
Hampshire
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
Attribute as courtesy of the British Museum
A full resolution image of SUSS-B668C1
0217
0218
The issuer of the coin
Method of manufacture